Bijay Raut's Blog – January 2010 Archive (6)

Secret Aspiration In all vicissitudes, I remain calm and still, I panic not in peril, Nor do I shake in moment’s chill, I aspire not any comfort, Nor do I disdain any pain, For I am not the one who feel these, Nor could these feel me, I aspire you my Lord, For you are that stillness which is in me, I utter no will of my own, For thy will is the cause of all other will, All I want to do is to aspire you, Secretly from the bottom of my heart’s… Continue

"To turn to the Divine is the ONLY Truth in Life." - Sri Aurobindo, The Integral Yoga

Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching & Method of Practice "It is the lesson of life that always in this world everything fails a man - only the Divine does not fail him, if he turns entirely to the Divine. It is not because there is something bad in you that blows fall on you - blows fall on all human beings because they are full of desire… Continue

The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything

Reviews of The Integral VisionNamed one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year 2007. "Philosopher, psychologist, and mystic Wilber delivers on the subtitle's far-reaching promise. . . . Chock full of handsome illustrations and spare, Zen-like diagrams and tables, Wilber's work here is… Continue

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is sometimes referred to as compassionate communication. Its purpose is to: 1. create human connections that empower compassionate giving and receiving; 2. create governmental and corporate structures that support compassionate giving and receiving. NVC involves both communication skills that foster compassionate relating and consciousness of the interdependence of our well being and using power with others… Continue

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation. Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans' innate curiosity.Source: Wikipedia

Fig: An interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom. Maslow studied what he called exemplary people such… Continue

The Art of Peace

Morihei Ueshiba

Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) was the founder of Aikido, which can be translated as "The Art of Peace." Morihei Ueshiba is referred to by the practitioners of Aikido as O-Sensei, "The Great Teacher". The following quotations have been compiled from O-Sensei's collected talks, poems,… Continue